Talking-machine.



No. 892,045.. I .PATENT'ED unw se, 190s.

' L. 17.1mm.-

TALKING MACHINE.

:APPLIOATION FILED 13150.14, 1907.

WITNESSES Q IIIVE 'N T01? V; y ED STATES P TENT oFFIoE.

LUTHER T. HAILE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

T allwhom it may concern:

1 TALKING-MACHINE.

Not $92,045.:- l

I Specification of Letters Patent;

ratene d' iuiie so, 1908..

Application fil edDecember-M, 1907. Serial No. 406,415.

Be it known that ,I',,LUT ER "l IHAILE, citlzen of the United States,-re iding at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referan upwardly-swinging hinged ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Mydnvention relates to talking machines and has for its several objects to combine such. a machine withla n inclosing cabinet in which a movable closure therefor,- specifically lid, shall provide the means for supportin the soundamplifying horn or sound-disdlmrge chamier, and whereby the latter is wholly con- 'cealedwhen the instrument is not in use and ywholly exposed while the instrumentis in 20..

operation; also in the provision of a sp cific aracter of such amplifying horn or sounddischarge" chamber, whereby its usual objectionable external features are eliminated,

'While atsam'e time the tone of the soundwaves discharged through it is improved in and finally, in so constructing and the elements that the soundconveyin'g arm, which is pivotally mounted and ,su ported thereby on the inlet end of the orn: in o erative position over the quality combining v sound-record an ,its ad unctive mechan- .lsm, when the machlne is in operation, may

be, atothertimes swung out of operative po-- 7' sition and into fixed position on the underface-of thelid of the cabinet, and alongside the'sound-dischar e horn or chamber, and the lid of. the cabinet closed over the body portion thereof which is adapted to contain interiorly-the talking machine proper and its usual adjunctive elements. as hereinafter described. 7

To these ends my invention consists of the combination Witha containing box or cabinet proyided with upwardly-swinging hinged lid,

preferably constructed with side walls to give some depth thereto, and'with a talking ma chine of any known form, save as respects its sound-conveying arm, mounted interiorly in said cabinet or box, of an amplifying horn or sound-discharge":fchamber mounted on the underfac'e of said hinged lid, and a soundconveying arm-pivotally mounted by. a universal joint against an inlet aperture in said amplifying sound-chamber, and discharging thereto, with its free end carrying the reproducer of ,the talking machine in nornial operative position on the sound-record there- 0 and means whereby it may be supported, on the underface of the closure lid, in operative position, to enable the lid to be brought into closed position relatively to the open top of the body of; the cabinet; and my invention also con'iprises other detail features in the construction. of the horn itself as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my new device, Figure 1 is an elevation, in perspective, of a device exemplifying my invention in its best form as'adapted to the to enable such tubular sound conduit to have the required movement relatively to the other elements of my device; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are respectively elevations of the parts thereof, detached.

In all attempts heretofore made, so far as I am aware, to improve a talking machine by constructing a special form of sound-amplifying and discharging-horn element in lieu of the usual type of megaphonic htrn, or to conceal it in the cabinet, an identifying but objectionable principle of construction, in all of them, is the ermanent concealment, at all times, of the cm, not only while the instrument is not in use but 'while it is in operation and playing.

An identifying principle of construction of In new device which distinguishes it and differentiates it from those before referred to is that the sound-amplifying and discharging horn is concealed only when the instrument is as shown in dotted lines; a

not in use, and is fully exposed and thus made capable of exerting its full tonal effect on the sound-waves, when the lnstrument IS playing, with the additional but primary" advantage that the instrument, when not in use, can be closed tightly, free from dust, and presents a compact, easlly transported 60 and it may be fastened to the un and ornamental cabinet device. Aside from:

these advantages. ,due to its intrinsically novel features of construction, I am enabled tomake and have made, in the machine'de- 5 scribed, important improvements in the form and character of the sound-discharge chamher or horn, which go far to amplify the sound-waves discharged through it from the reproducer, and. improve their tone and quality. v

I Referring now to said drawings A represents a cabinet, with an open interior A and alidB hinged at 2, 2, to one of the upright walls of the cabinet body, so as to have an 5 upwardly-swinging movement, to open the. box, and a like return movement to bring it intocoincidence with the top surface of the four walls of the cabinet body and wholly closethe otherwise open top thereof. VVithin the interior A of the cabinet body is mounted a talking machine or rather such part thereof which inthe drawing is rdpresented as the gram'ophone type having a rotatable disk record 8, with the usual motor to actuate it. I

As shown in the drawing, the depth of the cabinet body is so proportioned relatively to this part of the talking machine as to bring the plane of the disk-record slightly below the plane of the to of the cahinet body, and the "lid B is provided with sir e walls B of a depth to give an interior B equal tothat of the horn, plus the space occupied by the tubular sound-conduit 4 when the latter is suported in ino )erative osition as shown 10 the heavy lines ,in-F'ig. 4;. If however the lid B is made flat, and without side walls, or without side walls of a sufficient depth for the purpose stated, then the cabinet body is .40 to be made of suchrelatively increased depth,

so as to bring the plane of the talking Inachine disk Scorrespondingly lower down in the interior of the cabmet body. l

As shown in the drawing, Fig. l, the horn C is shown longitudinally disposed and fixedly mounted on the underface of the hinged cabinet lid B, in the direction of the width of the latter, which is usually wider than its lanular depth; allowing somelittle distance lietween its discharge end C and'the side wall B of the cabinet lid, if such side walls be ei-nployed. It may be made of any material l commonly employed for megaphone horns,

' but I much prefer to conhtructit of wood,

and to make the sidewa s preferably flat,

and relatively rectangular, except at the rear or inlet end as hereinafter stated; and all sharp corners should be avoided, as by giving an interior surface indicated at C in Fig. 2

derface of the box lid by some other means than gluing one'ofthe walls thereto, but I prefer that -method and means of fastening, especially if it be set in a grooved depression in the face of the cabinet hd. Nor does the horn necessarily consist of four walls, whether fiat'or otherwise; an essential however is that it must flare or ta er from its inlet towards its discharge en to amplify the sound waves passing throu h it. I A noveil feature-in respect. of the .functional effect of my horn is the constructional form of its inlet end, by which I avoid any direct impingement of the sound waves against the wall. of the horn andtheir cori'sequent sudden deflection from one direction of movement to that of another and wholly different one, To thatend it ,will be observed that the top wall 10' of the horn, thetopwall being that'which. is opposite the 39 in ct port 20, is curved dr nvnward at its rear end. to form arcar wall 10 which extends to a junction with the basal wall '21 of the horn (see Fig. 3) at which point a sound inlet aperture 20 is provided. I l The tapering tubular conduit 4 which eonducts the sound-waves from the 'reproducefi versal joint, for part of its function is to allow the tubular conduit 4 to be first lifted in one direction from operative position over the disk-record and then swung sidewise, bee neath. the lower wall of the horn, and sup ported in located. position on the cabinet lid, such as by a hook I To permit the tubular conduit 4to havc a swinging movement in a horizontal plane,

a and also a limited movement'vertically in a short-arc of a circle, and finally a sidewise movement into locked position. means to permit these motions are shown the drawings, Figs.- 3 to 6 inclusive, in which Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show' the elements and Fig. 3 the same when assembled; andv they are as follows :A bracket bearing-ring 30, with ears 31 to attach it, over the inlet 20 inthe supen posed basal wall 21 of the horn, 'isprovidbd interiorly with a narrow ledge 36 and a curved annular wall 37. The upper end lgf the tubular conduit 4 is provided with an e; larged head, showi'rin Fig; 5, having a curwed exterior 34 adapted to register with 31102- bledand the bracket bearing 30 secured to the base-wall 21 of the horn, as by screws through its ears 31 as shown in Fig. 3.

ticular form of horn shown, nor tothe par-" ticular form of pivotal bearing for the tubu-V I 1 lar sound-conduit, nor to the employment in 1 j the cabinet, of a sound-reproducing machine 10 of a gramophone type, employing a disk rec ord; buton the contrary, a sound-reproducing machine of the phonograph type, employing a cylinder record or any other type, may be substituted, care being taken to supply theappropriate form of pivotal bearing for the sound-conveying arm in adaptit to any thereof selected. And it is also to be understood that my invention is not limited to theparticular type t e of hingedlid shown, with side walls, if depth of the body of the cabinet be sufficient to allow'space for the horn and its adjunctive parts, above the disk record, wheii the cabinet is closed. It is also obvious that some other form of universal joint for the pivotal mounting of the tubular sound con duit, may be employed, but I prefer the par ticular novel construction thereof shown which is of my invention. I Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new anddesire to' secure by Letters Patent within the body 1. In a talking machine comprising a cabinet with a-hinged lid, a sound-record and actuating mechanism therefor, within the body of the cabinet, an amplifying horn mounted on the inner face of the lid, a tubular sound-conveyer pivotally-supported on the inlet end of the horn, with reproducin mechanismcarricd on the free end of sai pivotally-mounted sound-conveyor sai d elements being combined and operating, substantially asset forth.

- '2. In a talking machine the combination with a containing cabinet having an open top and t relatively movable closing lid, of sound-reproducing mechanism mounted of the cabinet, an amplifying sound-disc arge chamber mounted on the inner face of the lid, and a tubular soundconveyer with connecting and supporting devices between its dischar e end and the inlet end of the sound-disfiiarge' chamber operating to ermit said tubular sound-conveyer to be s ifted out of operative position and into ino erative and locked position against the li of the cabinet. v

3-. In a talking machine a' cabinet with hinged lid, an amplifying horn mounted fixedly on thevunderface of the lid,a reproducing sound-record with its actuating mechanism within the cabinet, a tubular sound-conveying arm carrying on one end a reproducing diaphragm and stylus, and a universal joint between its opposite end and hin ed lid and within the a' tubu ar sbund-conduit carryin a the inlet end of the amplifying horn, where by said sound-arm is operatively supported; '7 4. In a talking machine a rectangular con taining cabinet comprising a' l mdy' porting with a hinged lid havingiside Walls adapt to coincide cabinet body vl'hen in closed positiori, a longitudir'rally-disposed taperin horn operatively mounted on the un erface of said plane of its side wal s, a talking machineinteriorly disposed within the cabinet, with supporting means operating as a universal joint between the 'tubular sound conduit and the inlet end of the horn-whereby said tubular conduit may be moved into inoperative position and supported on the interior face of the cabinet 11d when the instrument is not playing and it is desired to close. the cabinet by means of its hinged lid.

5. A talking machine com taining cabinet with a hinged contained mechanism for re roducin sound; waves from a sound-,recor a sound-amplifying horn o eratively mounted on the inner face of said. id and consisting of a ta ering conduit composed of a plurality of wa ls the upper one of which is curved. in a downwardly dlrection at its rearward end to form a closure therat, an inlet aperture in the basal wall op osite the curvature in the top gall,

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with the upright walls ,of the id, interiorl'y phragm and stylus on its free end; the on;

posite end of said tubular conduitbeing pro; vided with a pivotal bearing, whereby it is operatively supported by the horn.

6. A sound reproducing machine compris r in a containing casing with an open top, a li hinged to oneof 1ts u 'right walls and adapted to'operate as a clbsure thereof, a sound-reproducing mechanism within said casing, an amplifying horn fixedly su ported on the inner face of said hinged 1i and carrying a sound-conveyer operatively connecting the re roducing mechanism wit the horn.

7. n a'talking machine the combination. with a containing cabinet having a hinged lid, of amegaphone which is mounted on the inner face thereof, a tubular sound conduit communicating therewith, a universal joint between the same, means to support the free end of said.tubular conduit, in inoperative. (position against the face of the cabinet li and sound-reproducing mechanism supported 'within the body of the cabi face of the lid, and consisting of dgpluralitiv of wooden walls, formin a taperingQsoun 4 conduit, the basal'wall' aving' at "one end an inlet aperture and the top wallfbeing v curved downwardly opposite said inlet end," affixed my signature this twelfth daj of Degng ahtalking machine withinbtllle cabingt cember A. D. 1907.

0 y aving, its traversing tu u ar ,soun 4 conduit givotall su ported at its discharge 4 LUTHER E' 5 end on t ebasa wa l of said horn and over Witnesses: 4 the inlet aperture-thereof. A. M. BIDDLE,

In. testimony whereof, I have hereunto J. A. SNYDER. 

